World Growth Predicted at 3.7% (IMF) - NOT in Canada You Say?

Upon officially quashing any economic injection from pipelines and giving Canada "diversity" of oil markets as opposed to beholdened to the US, Canada, thanks to such federal and provincial policies (don't forget increased minimum wage in Ontario that is bound to hurt businesses and increase unemployment) the Liberals will officially be bringing down this world average of 3.7% from our cozy little corner of the globe.

I think the expectations are to be happy with half that number.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/china-delivers-global-economy-into-blissful-goldilocks-territory

A Sad Day For Canadians, Canadiana and Canadian Music: Let The Music (Always Be) At Work

As we knew for over a year, this day would arrive, sadly the announcement of The Tragically Hip's frontman Gordon Downie was made this morning.  He and his band mates defined what a live show should be and in the case of Gord's carefully crafted classics and themes also incorporated Canadian history, Canadian places, Canadian activities, Canadian explorers, Canadian heroes, Canadian sports and Canadian artists - areas where ironically not a lot of Canadian bands and music makers ever pursue along their "musical journeys".

As compared to the days when I would see them at Mosport park in a massive Canada Day atmosphere, today I will listen to the music, and the lyrics, in a new light.  Let's hope we all can carry the torch to sing and write about this great country of Canada in song.

RIP Gord.  Say hi to Bill Barilko, Tom Thompson and Jacques Cartier.

Coincidence Both Were Announced (To Overshadow the Other)? One More Backtracking Example from the Taxing Liberal Party Sprinkled With Morneau Conflict of Interest: That Makes Both the PM and The Finance Minister Hauled Into the Ethics Commissioner's Office

http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/newsalert-liberals-to-trim-small-business-tax-rate-to-stanch-political-bleeding-2

https://www.facebook.com/AndrewScheerMP/videos/1759314834102261/

...And by the smirk on Justin's face, there is little regard for the Ethics Commissioner.

Backtracking or action from "consultations"? Let the (apathetic) Canadian voters decide, "...“When we made the commitment back in 2015 to lower small business taxes, we were very clear about one thing: we would only make this change after we took a look at the tax system. That’s what these consultations of these past months were all about...".  [Insert Justin's smirk, and things are fine.]

How can the Liberals take credit and call this a "tax cut" when in fact it was barely out of the consultation period as the Liberals were dragged through the mud and vilified for the higher rate....and not even passed into legislation yet!

Ah, the Liberal media spin machine.  The people behind it are good at what they do - cunning, bold and ruthless.  

As mentioned, "Trudeau campaigned in 2015 on a promise to reduce the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 11 per cent over three years — but he announced in Budget 2016 he would freeze the rate at 10.5 per cent, cancelling in the process a legislated reduction to nine per cent instituted by the previous Conservative government."

What Does an Innovation Minister Do Anyway (When Not Handing Out Funds, Money, Grants)?

http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/ottawa-names-atlantic-consortium-as-first-of-nine-shortlisted-superclusters

All in the name of your truthful, transparent and science-based Liberals

Thanks Minister Bains, I'm sure all Canadians are sleeping better at night knowing these funds are being spent on a "global innovation race".  Any chance of an update on this race -  are we winning? Are we second or third?  Or Worse?

Or is this a problem created to deflect other issues of the Liberal party and give something to do for Minister Bains?

Big Promises, Big Government, Big Taxes - Now a Big Security Bill ($2.4M per month to Guard the PM, His Family and His Sock Collection)

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-canadienne/201710/09/01-5139442-securite-de-justin-trudeau-des-couts-records-de-235-millions-par-mois.php

For some context...

At $2.4 million per month is double the beginning of Stephen Harper's term and is 10 times higher than the cost of the controversial holidays of the Trudeau family in the private island of Aga Khan that recently put the prime minister in the hot seat.

Just for the first six months of 2017, $14 million was spent protecting Justin Trudeau and his family, compared to $11.5 million for the same period last year, according to the RCMP under the Access to Information Act. This $2.5 million represents a 22% annual increase.

At this rate, the Prime Minister's security will cost the RCMP an estimated $28 million in 2017, an increase from $23.6 million last year (already a recent peak).

An Anecdotal Illustration of Taxes

A once upon a time story about taxation

www.linkedin.com/pulse/once-upon-time-story-taxation-owen-erglis

A Trudeau is a Trudeau is a Trudeau: Unfortunately Too Much Like His Father

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-liberals-divide-country-with-unflappable-bombardier-support-disregard-for-energy

Having bungled up the energy industry that alienated the west, praised communist systems and dictators, drowned the country in debt the only things left for this Trudeau 2.0 are to piss off the Queen with a cheeky dance move behind her back and some recordings of a US president calling him an "asshole". 

But wait there's more. Having fostered Canadian unity with the implementation of the institution of Bilingualism, the younger Trudeau has "fought" for....marijuana legalization. 

But another thing has continued, the complete misunderstanding of how businesses especially publicly listed companies work and the point of their existence.  How Bombardier manages to stay a publicly listed company is criminal.